No printed word, nor spoken plea can teach young minds what they should be. Not all the books on all the shelves – but what the teachers are themselves.
RUDYARD KIPLINGThis is a brief life, but in its brevity it offers us some splendid moments, some meaningful adventures.
More Rudyard Kipling Quotes
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Cities and Thrones and Powers Stand in Time’s eye, Almost as long as flowers, Which daily die.
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Gardens are not made by singing ‘Oh, how beautiful,’ and sitting in the shade.
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Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.
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All things considered, there are only two kinds of men in the world: those that stay at home and those that do not.
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The glory of the garden lies in more than meets the eye.
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The jungle speaks to me because I know how to listen.
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Never praise a sister to a sister, in the hope of your compliments reaching the proper ears, and so preparing the way for you later on. Sisters are women first, and sisters afterwards; and you will find that you do yourself harm.
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A Time For Prayer “In times of war and not before, God and the soldier we adore. But in times of peace and all things righted, God is forgotten and the soldier slighted.” -Rudyard Kipling
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If you can wait, and not be tired by waiting if you can dream, and not make dreams your master; if you can think, and not make thoughts your aim; if you can meet with Triumph and Disaster, and treat those two impostors just the same; yours is the earth and everything that’s in it.
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We’re all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding.
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If you can dream – and not make dreams your master.
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I have seen something of this world,” she said over the trays, “and there are but two sorts of women in it– those who take the strength out of a man, and those who put it back. Once I was that one, and now I am this.
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Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves.
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All we have of freedom All we use or know This our fathers bought for us Long and long ago
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All sensible men are of the same religion, but no sensible man ever tells.
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Not getting what you want either means you don’t want it enough, or you have been dealing too long with the price you have to pay.
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Politics are not my concern. They impressed me as a dog’s life without a dog’s decencies.
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All the money in the world is no use to a man or his country if he spends it as fast as he makes it. All he has left is his bills and the reputation for being a fool.
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If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and blaming you. The world will be yours and everything in it, what’s more, you’ll be a man, my son.
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Oh East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.
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If you do not get what you want, it is a sure sign that you did not seriously want it.
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There are gems of wondrous brightness Often times lying at our feet, And we pass them, walking thoughtless, Down the busy, crowded street. If we knew, our pace would slacken, We would step more oft with care, Lest our careless feet be treading To the earth some jewel rare.
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He travels the fastest who travels alone.
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If you give someone more than they can do, they will do it. If you give them only what they can do, they will do nothing.
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Keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you.
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Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too much assorted vice or too much drink.
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